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FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – April 16, 1969
Service recordFredrick Stanley Shavel, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 97
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ROEHMERStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT W SATTERFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 97
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.